Culture
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Can you celebrate Diwali if you’re not religious? These Indian Australians do it to feel closer to their culture
An Indian woman in one of my university classes once asked me this. Angelica Silva ABC Ironic that it was…
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Language induces an identity crisis for the children and grandchildren of Latino immigrants
They would speak to her sons in Spanish, before quickly adding in the same language, “How awful! You don’t understand…
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A tale of two Greek-Australian diaspora poleis
The Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne’s (GOCM) Board of Management has recently commenced a comprehensive review of its Articles of…
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Chronic shortage of Indigenous interpreters in Australia’s legal system risks violating human rights
Her client felt “so alienated” by going through a court trial without an interpreter that he entered a guilty plea…
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‘Excessive tourism’: Greece will cap visits to the Acropolis of Athens to protect its most popular archaeological site
Culture Minister Lina Mendoni said the controls are needed to prevent bottlenecks and overcrowding at the UNESCO World Heritage site.…
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‘We’re still hunted’: Ned Kelly family descendants lose legal bid for cultural protections
Ned Kelly’s great-grandniece has lost a Supreme Court bid to halt development at the site of the outlaw’s last stand…
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Her Voice: Women’s empowering stories of courage and transformation find resonance in the US
My eyes popped wide open when I found Varvara’s e-book: “Her Voice.” Dr. Elizabeth Marmaras I read the first chapter…
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A World in Common: Contemporary African Photography – Tate Modern show celebrates new generation of artists, but misses a trick
Twenty-seven years later, Tate Modern is introducing a British audience to the next generation of African photographers. Kerstin Hacker The…
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‘We absolutely deserve to be here’: the female Aboriginal-owned bar in Melbourne that honours strong Black women
”Fine dining, high-end cocktails and gangster rap – the best of us and everything we love in the one place,”…
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How fine dining in Europe and the US came to exclude immigrant cuisine and how social media is pushing back – podcast
Not surprisingly, the story that leads to Yelp and Anthony Bourdain is not without its share of racism that the…
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Universities Australia pushes to remove caps on places for Indigenous people
The organisation is using its latest Indigenous strategy report to call on the federal government to uncap university places for…
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A major review of the government’s multicultural policies is under way – what is it seeking to achieve?
But will this review provide a multicultural policy “for all Australians”? Andrew Jakubowicz The Conversation Or is it just seeking…
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Why Universities Should Be More Like Monasteries
When she registered last fall for the seminar known around campus as the monk class, she wasn’t sure what to…
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Inspired by the First People, Diamond Rozakeas discovers how to live with Filotimo
“When I end up in the community, I’m just so inspired by the spirit of the land, the spirit of…
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Friday essay: matrilineal societies exist around the world – it’s time to look beyond the patriarchy
Lijiang’s old town is a tangle of intersecting waterways, arched stone bridges, and cobbled streets. Camilla Nelson The Conversation Just…
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Van Gogh Museum at 50: what painter’s letters to his family expose about why he became an artist
Now, of course, he is one of the world’s most famous artists, but it was only after his early death…
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